Abstract
Imagine that one could arrange atoms in any form one wanted: What would one create? What kind of mind would it take to change the world through this metamorphosis of rearrangement and design? The ultimate endgame of our current technological capability to make material things is determined by our own creativity. The author examines how technological interfaces join the human mind to objects of experience from the nanometric to the planetary scale and theorizes the impact this perceptual condition will have on the personal and collective psyche.
Find a full version of the article at: Nanotechnology: The Endgame of Materialism. Leonardo – June 2008, Vol. 41, No. 3, Pages 259-264.